Don Rossi Nuccio the president of Latino Art Beat, Inc., a national not for profit arts organization that encourages young aspiring artists and filmmakers on to higher education thru the award of scholarships, is the Executive Producer of an exciting new film project titled “The Pigeon Boy.” To encourage young filmmakers on from education to careers Don’s participation in this charming story of Oscar, a nine-year-old boys experiences during World War II makers for an exciting, entertaining and illuminating film. Filled with young Oscar’s love and passion for pigeons this film shows the human side of war thru a child’s eyes. His fascination for pigeons coupled with the use of carrier pigeons during WWII in England makes for a different angle of life during the Blitz in war-torn England. This film is based in part on real facts and incidents and how pigeons helped defeat the enemy during the war. Mary of Exeter the main pigeon depicted in this story, who actually flew many military missions, received the Dickens Award (equivalent to the Victoria Cross) for valor and service during the war.

The film’s director, Yossel Simpson Little was a film student some years back when Latino Art Beat presented an international youth film exchange project for young English and American film students. The English filmmakers hailed from the Isle of Wight and the U.S. students were all from Latino Art Beats Chicago based film program. British actress and film icon, Dame Judi Dench was the honorary Patron of this wonderful film exchange. Fast forward nearly two decades and Yossel has grown from an aspiring film student to an accomplished film maker focusing on set design and builder with credits on substantial major feature films including “The Isle of Dogs” and “The Incredible Mr. Fox”, both directed by Wes Anderson and “Frankenweenie” directed by Tim Burton among others. These connections enable this film to be done professionally and up to high “Disney standards” regarding the puppets, film sets and amazing lighting. Yossel is working on “The Pigeon Boy”, as director, at Clapham Road Studios in London. This film is projected to be completed toward the end of 2025. Interested parties can visit our promotional video on “The Pigeon Boy” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCeYUY_Ryd4.